Carrier



1,597,754 J. A. ALSTON CARRIER Filed June 6. 1925 mum-ran Patented Aug. 31, 1926.

UNITED STATES JOHN A, ALSTON, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

CARRIER.

Application filed June fi, 1925.

My invention relates to carriers, and particularly to carriers that are especially suitable for transporting cuspidors and the like.

One object of my invention is to provide an improved term of carrier capable of containing a plurality of cuspidors or the like in superposed relation.

Another object of my invention is to provide a carrier which may be employed for W stacking various types of cuspidors or for lifting and carrying a cuspidor or other suitably formed article, without the necessity of bringing the hands into direct contact therewith.

Still another object is to simplify and improve generally the structure of devices of the character referred to.

One form which my invention may tak is shown in the accompanying drawing wherein Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is an elevational view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. at, showing some cuspidors in position in the carrier; Fig. 3 is a view similar to that of 2 but showing the manner In which cuspidors of another form may be handled, and Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view of the carrier.

The device comprises a bottom yoke mem-' her 5 preferably of heavy wire and bent to general semi-circular form. Secured to the yoke 5, preferably by soldering, are a pl urality of vertically extending bars 6-6, 7 7 and 8. The bars 66 may, if preferred, be integral, being connected at their upper ends by a laterally extending portion 9. The lower ends of all or" the bars are offset as shown, in order to form a portion of the supporting base for the cuspidors At their upper ends, the bars 7--7 and 8 are soldered or otherwise secured to a yoke member 10, and the bars 6 are secured. thereto by bending the ends of yoke 10 around the upper ends of these bars. A strut member 11 is secured at its opposite ends to the bar 9 and the yoke 10. The parts thus far described may all be of heavy wire.

A plate 12 is soldered to the member 9 and serves as a pivotal support or a gate 13 of spring metal, such as steel wire, that has its ends bent in the manner shown so that it may be secured to and supported by the plate 12 and one of the uprights6. The extension 141 of the member 13 serves as a handle by means of which the gate 13 may be operated. The gate 13 may, if the cus- Serial No. 35,366.

pidors are not too large, be swung until the handle 14 is adjacent to the member 9 whereupon these parts may be grasped by the hand to lift the carrier. The cuspidors within the carrier cannot be displaced so long as the handle 14 is held in the position just described. It the cuspidors are of a size that will not permit full closure of the gate 13, the handle and the gate being of yielding material, the handle may be flexed until it is close to the member 9, or the handle can extend at an angle to the member 9, and held against opening movement by the thumb or a finger of the hand by which the member 9 is grasped.

The cuspidors may be placed within the carrier by hand, in superposed relation as shown in Fig. 2, and the carrier employed as a convenient means of transporting a plurality of cuspidors from place to place.

In Fig. 3 the utility of the device in connection with cuspidors having flanged or overhanging tops is shown. With cuspidors of this general type, it is unnecessary for the operator to bring his hands into contact therewith. Either a single cuspidor may be picked and carried, or the carrier may be employed to stack the cuspidors and then the yoke 5 brought into engagement with the lower-most cuspidor, and the gate 13 closed.

It will be understood that the device shown in the drawing is capable of modification without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the accompanying claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A carrier for cuspidors and the like, comprising a bottom yoke member of semi circular form, a top member, vertically dis posed bars connecting said members and forming the sides of the carrier, and a closure for the open side of the bar yoke, comprising a bar having laterally extending ends that are pivotally mounted on vertical axes.

2. A carrier for cuspidors and the like, comprising a bottom yoke member of semicircular ;torm, a top member, vertically di posed bars connecting said members and forming the sides of the carrier, and a closure for the open side of the bar yoke, comprising a bar mounted to swing about a vertical axis and having a transversely extending handle.

3. A carrier for cuspidors and the like, comprising a base portion of semi-circular lOO form normally open at one side and extend- Open side of said base, the said gate being ingiin a horizontal plane to provide a ledge movable about avertical axis and having a structure for the reception of a flangedror laterally extending handle portion adjacent 10 flared mouth cuspidor, members extending to its upper end.

vertically from said base, means for secur In testimony whereof I, the said JOHN A. ing the upper ends of said Verticalmem- ALSTON, have hereunto set my hand.

hers, and a swinging gate for closing the JOHN A. ALSTON. 

